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Questions

What is asked before starting

Short answers — and what the tool does not do is stated in them as plainly as what it does.

What exactly is this tool?
A preparation tool for the zakat return: you upload your financial statements, their items are read, the base is computed article by article under the Regulations, and the return and the Authority’s Form No. 10 come out ready. It is not a calculator you type a figure into and get a figure out of.
Which regulations does it compute under?
The Implementing Regulations for Zakat Collection, 1445 H edition. And its articles are cited by number with every line computed — not in a general footnote at the end of the page.
Is it suitable for my activity?
Yes for trade, contracting, manufacturing or services — which is what this engine applies (Articles 23, 26, 27 and 28).
Insurance companies do work — their items are applied from the text of Article 81, and they are opened for them in the approved list. But they have not yet been calibrated against a filed return, so review them with greater care.
Banks and finance companies cannot have a return issued from this. They are subject to the “Rules for Calculating the Zakat on Financing Activities” — another basis for the base, and two limits measured as multiples of net income, which this engine does not apply. So issuing is blocked outright rather than letting out a figure computed under rules that are not its own.
Which file formats are accepted?
PDF, Word, Excel or CSV. The statement of financial position is told apart from the income statement, the items are extracted with their amounts, and they are shown beside the page of their document so you can match the figure against its origin.
And if my statements are scanned images?
They are not read automatically — no figure is extracted from what has no text in it. You are told which pages are images rather than text, and you enter their items by hand.
Where is my data kept? Does it leave my device?
Your statement files never leave your device at all: they are read in your browser, and nothing is sent from them — neither the file nor its text. Your returns and entities are in your device’s browser as well, and are not sent to any server unless you turn on syncing yourself.
And how does syncing work?
What you sync is encrypted with a key generated on your device that never reaches the server in the clear, so we read from it neither an entity’s name nor a figure.
And here is what is usually left unsaid: we keep one copy of that key wrapped in your password so that you can recover your vault on another device. We do not hold your password, so we cannot open it — but whoever steals our storage holds the wrapper and may try passwords against it offline, without contacting us. So the strength of your password is the strength of the wrapper: make it a phrase, not a word. And anyone who wants a vault with no wrapper kept should hold on to their sync code and add nothing more.
And if I lose both my password and my sync code?
You have lost the synced vault — we can neither open it nor extract what is in it. Your work on your own device, however, remains and can be exported whenever you wish.
How do I review the figures and know where they came from?
The computation waterfall: it is shown line by line from book net profit to zakat due, and with each line its article from the Regulations and the item it came from. And the figures move in front of you with each classification, not after it.
What stops the return from being issued?
Three blocking checks stand until they are resolved: a statement of financial position that does not balance, a base that broke its limit, or a return with not a single item entered.
What are Articles 27 and 28?
The two limits of the base: Article 27 is its minimum and Article 28 its maximum — the floor of amended net profit and the ceiling of equity. Whatever falls outside its limit is held at it, and you are told which of the two governed.
How is a Gregorian or a short period computed?
A quarter of a tenth for a Hijri year: 2.5% ÷ 354 days × the actual days of the period. So a year of 365 days has a rate of 2.5777%, a leap year of 366 is higher, and a short period is lower. One day wrong changes the zakat — so set the dates precisely.
Does it work offline?
Yes, after the first open. And it can be added to your phone’s home screen as an app if you wish.
Is it free?
Free at this stage — no subscription, no card, and no period that runs out. And registration is capped at one hundred accounts on purpose: what is wanted is precise feedback from a limited number. And if it ever becomes paid, what you have prepared stays on your device as it is and can be exported whenever you wish — your work is not held hostage.
Are returns filed on my behalf?
No. The return comes out prepared on the Authority’s form, and the filing remains in your hands through their portal.
Does it have any official standing?
No. It is private work: it does not belong to any official or governmental body, it is neither approved nor licensed by one, and nobody obliges you to use it. The reference for what is binding and how it is interpreted is the competent authority and its regulations. And it is not a fatwa — it computes according to the text of the Regulations and does not give religious rulings.
And who bears responsibility for the figures?
The preparer of the return and its reviewer. And treat everything that comes out of it as wrong until you establish its correctness by your own review and audit — it is an attempt to provide a calculation tool, it is not necessarily correct, and it does not take the place of the opinion of those with expertise and standing.
How do I get in touch?
For anything — a question, a fault or a remark: support@iqrarzakat.com
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